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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2022
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Viswanath Meenakshisundaram, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Srinivas Kaza, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chunhua Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lance Robert Pickens, Campbell, CA (US);
Shawn Stromenger, Milpitas, CA (US);
Jun Sato, San Jose, CA (US);
Siobhan O'Leary, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Peter Webber, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brett E. Kelly, Oakland, CA (US);
Jennifer Chavez, Fremont, CA (US);
Align Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for post-processing additively manufactured objects are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of containers configured to receive a plurality of additively manufactured object having excess material thereon. The system can include a rotor having a central shaft and a plurality of arms, each arm having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end of each arm can be coupled to the central shaft and a second end of each arm can be coupled to a respective container of the plurality of containers. The system can also include an actuator configured to spin the rotor so as to remove the excess material from the plurality of additively manufactured objects. The system can further include at least one heat source carried on the rotor to heat the excess material to decrease a viscosity thereof.